cingalês
Portuguese, noun/sĩ.ɡaˈle(j)s/
cingalês is spelled C-I-N-G-A-L-Ê-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cingalês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Sinhalese (member of the major ethnic group of Sri Lanka)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referente a ou membro do grupo étnico majoritário no Sri Lanka”.
What does cingalês mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Sinhalese (of or relating to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture)
noun
- 1
masculineSinhalese (member of the major ethnic group of Sri Lanka)
- 2
masculineSinhalese (a language of Sri Lanka)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nativo do Sri Lanka
noun: 1. referente a ou membro do grupo étnico majoritário no Sri Lanka 2. língua indo-iraniana, do grupo sânscrito, falada no Sri Lanka, onde é a língua mais falada, e uma das duas línguas oficiais (ao lado do tâmil)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cingalês
- cingalesa feminine
- cingaleses masculine plural
- cingalesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cingalês?
- Brazil /sĩ.ɡaˈle(j)s/
- Brazil [sĩ.ɡaˈle(ɪ̯)s]
- /sĩ.ɡaˈle(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cingalês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cingalês in Portuguese?
cingalês appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).